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TPCASTT Acronym for Literary Analysis

TPCASTT Poetry Analysis

Lesson Plans by Rebecca Ray

Teaching students to look at a poem with an order of operation in mind gives them a framework to start their analysis. TPCASTT stands for title, paraphrase, connotation, attitude/tone, shift, title, theme. This method is great to start students reading and inferring with little assistance from the instructor. Use some or all of the activities in this teaching guide to get your students excited about poetry!


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TPCASTT Template | Teach poetry analysis with storyboards! Use this TPCASTT template to get your students started.

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  • T - TITLE
  • P - PARAPHRASE
  • C - CONNOTATION
  • A - ATTITUDE / TONE
  • S - SHIFT
  • T - TITLE
  • T - THEME
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